Willistown Troop 78
Recruit of the Year
1984 Tim Spritzer
1985 Tadashi Kurosawa
1986 Shawn Cassidy
1987 Tim Johnson
1988 Not awarded
1989 Brian Herb
1991 Jeff Balmat
1991 Chip Childers
1991 Jonathan DeVirgillio
1991 Brendan Magee
1992 Brian Cappelli
1993 J.D. Parker
1994 Gregory D'Antonio
1995 Rusty Davison
1996 Matt Lewis
1997 Brett D'Antonio
1998 Wayne Schilly
1999 Tim Dillow
1999 Steve Shay
2000 Bryan Vercoe
2001 George Hemcher
2002 Patrick Dillow
2003 Miles Lang
2004 Sean Miller
2005 Matthew Hungerbuhler
2006 Dan Dufoe
2007 Michael Bennett
2008 Stephen Lessley
2009 Eli Bravo
2010 Drew Schenck
2011 George Meltzer
2012 Jay Madarasz
2013 Drew Lotz
2014 Nathan Motel
2015 Cameron Skodny
2016 Nathan Schallack
2017 David Lane
2018 Noah Greskiewicz
2019 John Wark
2020 Colton Marshall
2021 Nic Opielski
2022 Caleb Fulmer
2023 Daniel Cristaldi
2024 Sean Tang
Troop Eagles
Elwood M Spellman 8/1931
David Roseboro 12/6/1939
Robert G Gilroy 5/29/1940
G Ernest Heegard 4/4/1950
Ralph Herman 4/3/1951
Thomas Burkey 4/3/1951
Mitchell S Mauger 12/16/1952
Stanley Burkey 1/21/1953
William Murphy 1/21/1953
Lawrence Reader 5/6/1953
David Rice 11/25/1957
Richard Walter 2/5/1958
Marc Gruss 12/22/1960
John Souder 12/22/1960
Ronald E Walter 12/22/1960
John B Scott 5/1/1961
Donald L Bellgrau 10/30/1964
Elbert H Ross 4/4/1965
David M Jones 5/19/1966
Carl Dillman 2/12/1969
William S Sargeant 5/6/1969
Clinton Lawson 7/16/1969
Stephen B Darby 1/12/1970
Jeffrey Longenecker 8/18/1970
Barry S Jones 1/25/1971
Steven R D'Antonio 1/25/1971
David P Benedict 11/7/1971
John D Bohm 11/7/1971
Thomas P Fosnocht 2/1/1973
Alan D Fegley 2/1/1973
Grant Walker 4/5/1973
John Taylor 2/14/1974
Glenn Koons 2/14/1974
Ted Swan 2/11/1975
Richard E Ide 2/14/1974
Curtis S Hill 1/5/1976
Richard T Schulze 1/5/1976
John C Nagy, Jr 3/15/1977
Greg M Regan 3/1/1977
Robert F Clark 2/22/1978
Paul A Fegley 2/22/1978
William H Trowill, III 10/9/1978
Eric Longenecker 10/8/1978
Michael C D'Antonio 2/12/1979
Gregory W Benning 12/26/1979
Derek W Shackelford 2/20/1980
Charles S Fry 9/24/1980
Tod W Bettenhausen 11/2/1981
Frederick Stelwagon, III 3/28/1983
Gregory R Bedrosian 11/7/1983
Robert E Matje 3/6/1984
Jeff Small 4/9/1985
Fritz Lang 4/1/1986
Bob Haak 4/1/1986
Jeff Palmer 9/2/1986
Steve Lien 2/18/1987
Chet Darlington 2/18/1987
Bill Coffey 4/6/1987
Mark Matje 2/25/1988
Rich Foot 3/25/1988
Jack Bilson 9/4/1989
Eric Meyer 12/22/1989
James Palmer 3/15/1990
Chris Crowley 3/9/1990
Charles Buck 9/4/1990
Steve Shedlock 10/21/1991
Michael Stanley 2/26/1992
Tim Johnston 2/26/1992
Rob Van Schooneveld 9/27/1992
Jeff Balmat 2/24/1993
David Warlick 6/6/1993
Jonathan DeVirgilio 2/22/1994
Chip Childers 2/22/1994
Brian Williams 2/22/1994
Brian Herb 10/2/1994
Brendan Magee 10/2/1994
Brian Lutz 2/22/1995
AJ DiAntonio 10/1/1995
Matt Snow 10/1/1995
Jeremy Horner 2/14/1996
JD Parker 9/29/1996
Kyle Christensen 6/8/1997
Chris Flipse 6/8/1997
Buddy Burns 10/5/1997
Ben Haldeman 10/5/1997
Reed LaPlante 10/5/1997
Andrew Terrell 6/7/1998
Timothy Zupko 6/7/1998
Mark Deese 2/21/1999
Tom Coffey 10/3/1999
Tom Childers 10/3/1999
Philip Craig 10/3/1999
Andrew Satterfield 10/3/1999
Gregory D'Antonio 2/13/2000
Jonathan Rothberg 2/13/2000
Tom Shay 2/13/2000
Rusty Davison 6/4/2000
Eric Kimmel 10/1/2000
Scott Lee 10/1/2000
Jason LeBresco 3/4/2001
Derek Marryat 3/4/2001
Geoff Dodge 6/10/2001
Aaron Reardon 10/7/2001
Matt Lewis 3/3/2002
Josh Cady 10/6/2002
Tim Dillow 10/6/2002
Jeffrey Hart 3/30/2003
C Daniel Wagner 3/30/2003
Mark Nessle 3/30/2003
Josh Hughes 3/30/2003
Brett D'Antonio 3/30/2003
Stephen Shay 9/21/2003
Matthew Carrington 2/22/2004
Alex Dondero 2/22/2004
John C Nagy, III 2/22/2004
Christopher Bradley 10/1/2005
Kyle Miller 10/1/2005
Bryan Vercoe 10/1/2005
Jason Cecco 3/5/2006
Jacob Eberhart 3/5/2006
Louis Raven 3/5/2006
Joshua Mateyk 6/11/2006
Austin Swarbrick 10/8/2006
Ryan Williamson 10/8/2006
Allen Schertz 10/7/2007
Jackson Hunter 2/24/2008
Jonathan Urban 2/24/2008
Ryan Nessle 6/8/2008
Matt DeStefano 10/5/2008
Zach Davis 2/22/2009
Miles Lang 6/7/2009
Christopher Gorman 10/4/2009
Joseph Terrell 10/4/2009
Noah Eberhart 3/7/2010
Joe Poidomani 3/7/2010
Sean Miller 3/7/2010
Phillip Chow 3/7/2010
Donovan J Robinson 10/3/2010
Joseph D Smith 10/3/2010
Daniel Dufoe 10/3/2010
Michael D Bennett 10/3/2010
Chris Duncan 10/3/2010
Alexander J Frees 10/3/2010
James Hogan 3/6/2011
James Mateyk 3/6/2011
Mark Dimonte 3/6/2011
Anthony Poidomani 10/2/2011
Brian Sheridan 10/2/2011
Daniel Sheridan 10/2/2011
Matthew D Heilman 2/26/2012
Daniel W Dudt 10/7/2012
Alex R Krause 10/7/2012
Bradley D Bene 10/7/2012
Eli J Bravo 3/3/2013
Colin Evans 6/9/2013
Grant Lepard 6/9/2013
Matt Hogan 6/9/2013
Gabe McDonald 6/9/2013
Kevin DeStefano 10/6/2013
Matthew Urban 3/9/2014
Christopher Wang 3/9/2014
Ian Riley 3/9/2014
Robert Varney 6/8/2014
Duncan O'Hara 6/8/2014
Andrew Dudt 10/5/2014
Holden Barnes 10/5/2014
Kyle Sheridan 10/5/2014
Dwight Lasure 3/1/2015
Andrew Chow 10/11/2015
Michael Orlow 10/11/2015
Chip Lemheney 10/11/2015
Lee Neeves 10/11/2015
Ethan Bilson 2/28/2016
Dan Brown 2/28/2016
David Finkleston 2/28/2016
Seth Fox 2/28/2016
Billy Mackrides 2/28/2016
Tommy Walsh 2/28/2016
Jack Dinsmore 10/9/2016
Zach Fox 10/9/2016
George Meltzer 3/12/2017
Luke Phayre 3/12/2017
Peter Zuraw 3/12/2017
Luke Brogan 10/8/2017
Nathan Motel 10/8/2017
Ricky Martinez 2/25/2018
Andrew Brown 2/25/2018
Juke Lasure 6/3/2018
Jay Madarasz 6/3/2018
AJ Stacy 6/3/2018
Francis Purcell 3/10/2019
James Conners 3/10/2019
Arek Conners 3/10/2019
Seth Hoffritz 6/2/2019
Jake Fenimore 6/2/2019
J.T. Schallack 10/13/2019
Cody Carnes 10/13/2019
Christian Skodny 3/8/2020
Julian Lu 7/21/2020
Thomas Pizzuto 10/11/2020
Brandon Schallack 6/6/2021
Alex Hornickle 6/6/2021
PJ Cronauer 6/6/2021
Cameron Skodny 6/6/2021
Luke Fox 10/10/2021
Logan Duff 3/20/2022
Jack Barsotti 6/5/2022
Peter-Paul Constantine 6/5/2022
Bill Purcell 10/9/2022
Shreyas Sao 10/9/2022
Alex Lemheney 6/4/2023
Braeden Happ 10/8/2023
John Wark 10/8/2023
Owen Li 3/17/2024
Max Lang 3/17/2024
Ethan Winkelman 6/2/2024
Jay Tyson 6/2/2024
Jacob Diederich 10/6/2024
Ben Gunderson 10/6/2024
Anish Narr 10/6/2024
Josh Simms 10/6/2024
Logan Sugzdinis 10/6/2024
Ryan Wark 10/6/2024
Troop 78 Boy Scout Ranks and Awards
Boy Scout Ranks
Boy Scouts of America
Boy Scouts in Malvern
Achgeketum Award
Outstanding Junior Leader of the Year
1994-95 Brian Williams
1995-96 A.J. DiAntonio
1996-97 A.J. DiAntonio
1997-98 Greg D'Antonio
1998-99 Jon Rothberg
1999-00 Tom Shay
2000-01 Josh Cady
2001-02 Brett D'Antonio
2002-03 Matt Carrington
2003-04 Jason Cecco
2004-05 Louis Raven
Bryan Vercoe
2005-06 Allen Schertz
2006-07 Noah Eberhart
2007-08 Noah Eberhart
2008-09 Sean Miller
2010-11 Dan Dufoe
Alex Frees
2011-12 Nino Poidomani
2012-13 Chris Duncan
2013-14 Ian Riley
2014-15 Billy Mackrides
Robert Varney
2015-16 Jack Dinsmore
Ethan Bilson
2016-17 Jay Madarasz
2017-18 Nathan Motel
2018-19 Zach Fox
2019-20 Christian Skodny
Cody Carnes
2020-21 Arek Conners
Logan Duff
2021-22 Jack Barsotti
2022-23 Jay Tyson
2023-24 Alex Lemheney
Luke Fox
Senior Patrol Leaders
30-31 ELWOOD SPELLMAN
31-32
32-33
33-34
34-35
35-36
36-37
37-38
38-39
39-40
40-41
41-42 FRED HERVEY
42-43
43-44
44-45 CHARLES BROWN
45-46 DONALD GIRARD
46-47 VERNON CARRIGAN
47-48
48-49 BARRY GIRARD
49-50 ERNIE HEEGARD
50-51 ERNIE HEEGARD
51-52 TOM BURKEY
52-53 LARRY REEDER
53-54 LARRY REEDER
54-55 STAN BURKEY
55-56 STAN BURKEY
56-57 RICH WALTER
57-58 MILES STEVENS
58-59 MARC GRUSS
59-60 JOHN SOUDER
60-61 GEORGE BELLGRAU
61-62 RON WALTER
62-63 MARK DUFFY
63-64 DON BELLGRAU
64-65 JOHN COLEMAN
65-66 DAVID JONES
66-67 GARY CUMMINS
67-68 BRUCE BELLGRAU
68-69 MICKEY McVEY
69-70 BARRY JONES
70-71 STEVE DARBY
71-72 DAVID BENEDICT
72-73 TOM FOSNOCHT
73-74 ALLEN FEGLEY
74-75 JOHN TAYLOR
75-76 ROB D’ANTONIO
ROBERT LENKER
76-77 RUSTY SPENCER
77-78 JOHN CAMPBELL
78-79 MIKE D’ANTONIO
79-80 ROB NAGY
ROB ERICKSON
80-81 CHARLIE FRY
TODD BETTENHAUSEN
81-82 BOB MATJE, Jr.
82-83 ROD HURLEY
GREG BEDROSIAN
83-84 FRED STELWAGON
JEFF SMALL
84-85 FRITZ LANG
85-86 MARK MATJE
86-87 STEVE LIEN
87-88 ERIC SPEAKMAN-
88-89 JACK BILSON
89-90 TIM JOHNSTON
90-91 MIKE STANLEY
91-92 DAVID WARLICK
92-93 JON DeVIRGILIO
JEFF BALMAT
93-94 BRIAN HERB
94-95 BRIAN WILLIAMS
95-96 KYLE CHRISTENSEN
96-97 A.J. DiANTONIO
97-98 GREG D’ANTONIO
98-99 JON ROTHBERG
99-00 TOM SHAY
00-01 JOSH CADY
01-02 BRETT D’ANTONIO
02-03 MATHEW CARRINGTON
03-04 JASON CECCO
04-05 LOUIS RAVEN
05-06 DAVID LAUMER
06-07 ALLEN SCHERTZ
07-08 NOAH EBERHART
08-09 SEAN MILLER
09-10 JOSEPH POIDOMANI
ALEX FREES
10-11 DAN DUFOE
11-12 ANTHONY POIDOMANI
12-13 CHRIS DUNCAN
13-14 IAN RILEY
14-15 BILLY MACKRIDES
ROBERT VARNEY
15-16 ETHAN BILSON
JACK DINSMORE
16-17 JAY MADARASZ
17-18 NATHAN MOTEL
18-19 ZACH FOX
19-20 CHRISTIAN SKODNY
CODY CARNES
20-21 AREK CONNERS
LOGAN DUFF
21-22 LOGAN DUFF
NATHAN SCHALLACK
22-23 LOGAN DUFF
JACK BARSOTTI
23-24 ALEX LEMHENEY
LUKE FOX
Youth Awards
Silver Buckle
The highest honor given at Camp Horseshoe.
Given to one youth member each week who, in the opinion of his fellow Scouts, has above all others demonstrated the finest example of Scout Spirit, the Scout Oath, and Scout Law in his conduct throughout the week.
1957 - Miles Stevens
1961 - George Gruss
1970 - Jeffrey Longenecker
1974 - Mark Siegle
1978 - Michael D’Antonio
John Ellison
1985 - Mark Matje, Bob Haak
1986 - Brian Pyle, Richard Foot
1987 - Steve Lien, Eric Speakman
1988 - Eric Meyer, Chris Crowley
1989 - Charles Buck, Mike Stanley
1990 - Tim Johnston, Steve Shedlock
1991 - Rich Ohler, Brian Herb
1992 - Dave Warlick, Jeff Balmat
1993 - Jon DeVirgilio, Brian Williams
1994 - James Pine, Brendan McGee
1995 - Kyle Christensen, A.J. DiAntonio
1996 - Jeremy Horner, Ben Haldeman
1997 - Tim Zupko, Greg D’Antonio
1998 - Mark Deese, Jon Rothberg
1999 - Tom Shay, Geoff Dodge
2000 - Josh Cady, Aaron Reardon
2001 - Alex Dondero, Dan Wagner
2002 - Mathew Carrington, Ed Dodge
2003 - Jason Cecco, Louis Raven
2004 - Kyle Miller, Kyle Hughes
2005 - Ryan Williamson. Chris Bradley
2006 - Josh Mateyk. Zach Davis
2007 - Matt DeStefano, Jackson Hunter
2008 - Noah Eberhart, Sean Miller
2009 - Kevin Compton, Joe Smith
2010 - Dan Sheridan, Dan Dufoe
2011 - Nino Poidomani, Philip Chow
2012 - Chris Duncan, Michael Bennett
2013 - Ian Riley, Kevin DeStefano
2014 - Billy MacKreidies, Holden Barnes
2015 - Ethan Bilson, Chip Lemhenny
2016 - Matthew Urban, Jack Dinsmore
2017 - Jay Madaracz, Andrew Brown
2018 - Nathan Motel, Chris St. Clair
2019 - Zach Fox, Cody Carnes
2020 - no award due to covid
2021 - Logan Duff, Nathan Schallack
2022 - David Lane, Peter-Paul Constantine
2023 - Jack Barsotti, Alex Lemheney
2024 – Luke Fox, John Wark
Scout of the Year
Earnest Heegard, 1948-49
Earnest Heegard. 1949-50
Thomas G. Burkey, 1950-51
Larry Reader, 1951-52
Stan W. Burkey, 1952-53
Stan W. Burkey, 1953-54
Miles Stevens, 1954-55
David Rice, 1955-56
Jack Scott, 1956-57
Ronald Walter, 1957-58
Ronald Walter, 1958-59
Edgar Paxson, 1959-60
Ronald Walter, 1960-61
Gary Brown, 1961-62
David Jones, 1962-63
David Jones, 1963-64
David Jones, 1964-65
John Hope, 1965-66
Robert Wells, 1966-67
1967-68- Bruce Bellgrau
1968-69- Bucky Jones
1969-70- David Benedict
1970-71- David Benedict
1971-72-
1972-73- John Taylor
1973-74- Mark Siegle
1974-75- Mike D’Antonio
1975-76- Mike D’Antonio
1976-77- John Campbell
1977-78 - Paul Fegley
1978-79- Derek Shackelford
1979-80- Charlie Fry
1980-81- Todd Bettenhausen
1981-82-
1982-83- Fred Stelwagon
Tim Spritzer, 1983-84
Mark Matje, 1984-85
1985-86 unknown
1986-87 unknown
1987-88 unknown
1988-89 unknown
David Warlick, 1989-90
Jonathan DeVirgillio, 1990-91
Rob Van Schooneveld, 1991-92
Brian Williams, 1992-93
A.J. DiAntonio, 1994-95
A.J. DiAntonio, 1995-96
Greg D'Antonio, 1996-97
Tom Shay, 1997-98
Stephen Shay 1998-99
Brett D'Antonio, 1999-00
Matt Lewis, 2000-01
Jay Nagy 2001-02
Miles Lang, 2002-03
Josh Mateyk, 2003-04
Sean Miller, 2004-05
Miles Lang, 2005-06
Dan Dufoe, 2006-07
Matt Hogan, 2007-08
Michael Bennett, 2008-09
Eli Bravo, 2009-10
D.J. Robinson, 2010-11
Ethan Bilson, 2011-12
Ethan Bilson, 2012-13
Robert Varney, 2013-14
Brandon Schallack 2014-15
Nathan Motel 2015-16
Zachary Fox 2016-17
Zachary Fox 2017-18
Luke Fox 2018-19
Logan Duff 2019-20
Anish Narr 2020-21
Justin Sansone 2021-22
Justin Sansone 2022-23
Compass Award
For outstanding service by a scout who demonstrated leadership and commitment to the troop.
2003 Brett D'Antonio
2005 Kyle Miller
2010 Sean Miller
2010 Joseph Poidomani
2011 Joe Smith
2012 Anthony Poidomani
2014 Christopher Duncan
2017 Ethan Bilson
Jack Dinsmore
Michael Orlow
Matt Urban
2019 Nathan Motel
Chris St. Clair
James Conners
2021 Cody Carnes
Arek Conners
2022 Logan Duff
Field Day
W. ROBERTS CAMERON
SCOUTCRAFT TROPHY
FIRST PLACE PATROLS
1951 Moose
1952 Flying Eagle / Panther
1953 Stag
1954 Stag
1955 Stag
1956
1957
1958 Panther
1959 Stag
1960
1961 Stag
1962 Stag
1963 Moose
1964 Moose
1965 Moose
1966 Rattlesnake
1967 Rattlesnake
1968 Stag
1969 Rattlesnake
1970 Stag
1971 Panther
1972 Cougar
1973 Moose
1974 Rattlesnake
1975 Flying Eagle
1976 Flying Eagle
1977 Rattlesnake
1978 Panther
1979 Rattlesnake
1980 Flying Eagle
1981 Moose
1982 unknown
1983 Rattlesnake
1984 Cougar
1985 Rattlesnake
1986 Cougar
1987 Flying Eagle
1988 Stag
1989 Stag
1990 Stag
1991 Flying Eagle
1992 Rattlesnake
1993 Moose
1994 Moose
1995 Moose
1996 Panther
1997 Rattlesnake
1998 Rattlesnake
1999 Flying Eagle
2000 Flying Eagle
2001 Flying Eagle
2002 Stag
2003 Stag
2004 Cougar
2005 Stag, PL Dave Laumer
2006 Stag, PL Allen Schertz
2007 Stag, PL Noah Eberhart
2008 Flying Eagle, PL Joe Poidomani
2009 Stag, PL Alex Frees
2010 Cougar, PL Dan Dufoe
2011 Flying Eagle, PL D.J. Robinson
2012 Flying Eagle, PL Eli Bravo
2013 Flying Eagle, PL Eli Bravo
2014 Stag, PL Ethan Bilson
2015 Rattlesnake, PL Jack Dinsmore
2016 Flying Eagle, PL Nathan Motel
2017 Flying Eagle, PL Nathan Motel
2018 Flying Eagle, PL Chris St. Clair
2019 Stag, PL Jack Brogan
2020 Stag, PL Logan Duff
2021 Rattlesnake, PL Nathan Schallack
2022 Stag, PL Luke Fox
2023 Cougar, PL Jay Tyson
2024 Cougar, PL Jay Tyson
FIELD DAY RECORDS
STRING BURNING
Chet Darlington & Jeff Palmer
4:05 min May 1985
WATER BOILING
Todd Bettenhausen & Charlie Fry
5:00 min May 1979
FLINT AND STEEL
Brian Lutz
4.0 sec June 1995
HEAVING BAR
Luke Fox
15.57 sec June 2022
JUNIOR HEAVING BAR
Sean Tang
19.81 sec June 2024
NINE KNOT SEQUENCE
Geoff Ellison
20.2 sec May 1974
EIGHT KNOT CONTEST
Flying Eagle Patrol
Sully Fisher
Jacob Lang
Sushanth Kuppireddi
Nishant Saraswat
50.00 sec May 2024
GIANT CLOVE HITCH
Cougar Patrol
Sebastian Badgley
Daniel Christaldi
Alan Johnson
Logan Wyher
5.13 sec June 2024